The Chinese Radical: 宾


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Meaning
visitor, guest    宾

Explanation (forced billeting) The soldier 兵 under our roof 宀 is our "guest".

Used in these characters:
HSK 2
visitor, guest, object (in grammar)
bīn
Top: roof 宀, bottom: soldier 兵 (At the hill 丘 there are eight 八 soldiers.)
(At compulsory billeting) Under your roof a soldier is accommodated as your: guest.  
HSK 6
coast, beach, shore, bank, to border on
bīn
Left: water 氵, right: visitor, guest 宾 (Under your roof 宀 a soldier 兵 is [billeted] as your guest.)
You have water as your "guest", if you (= your premises) is located at: a coast.  
no HSK
temples, hair on the temples
bìn
Top: hair 髟, bottom: guest, visitor 宾 (Under your roof 宀 a soldier 兵 is billeted as your guest.)
(not central on your head) The hair that are a 'guest' are at: the temples.  
no HSK
helter-skelter, mixed colors, in confusion
bīn
Left: thread 纟/糸, right: visitor, guest 宾 (Under your roof 宀 a soldier 兵 is billeted as your guest.)
When (many) threads are 'guests', it's a confusion.  
no HSK
a funeral, to encoffin a corpse
bìn
Left: bad, evil 歹 (image of a bone), right: visitor, guest 宾 (Under your roof 宀 a soldier 兵 is billeted as your guest.)
Bones and visitors are: at a funeral.  
no HSK
imperial concubine
pín
Left: woman 女, right: guest, visitor 宾 (Under your roof 宀 a soldier 兵 is billeted as your guest.)
The woman for the guests is a concubine.  

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